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Alfonso of Jesus Mary

ALFONSO DI GESÙ MARIA

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Also known as: Spanish: Alfonso de Jesús María; Latin: Alphonsus a Jesu Maria

ALFONSO OF JESUS MARY. - Spanish Discalced Carmelite ascetical writer, b. in 1565 at Villarejo (Cuenca) to noble parents, d. 18 Dec. 1638. He was twice general of the Order (1607-13 and 1619-25). He published: Doctrina de religiosos (Madrid 1613); Peligros y reparos de la perfección y paz religiosa (Alcalá 1625-26): the two works were translated into other languages.

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BIBL.: Francisco de Santa Maria, Reforma de los Descalzos, Madrid 1655, II, 1, 8, col. 59; V, 1, 21, coll. 18-20; Silverio de Santa Teresa, Historia del Carmen Descalzo, IX, Burgos 1940, coll. xiv-xxv.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 859.

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Silverio di S. Teresa. “Alfonso di Gesù Maria.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 859. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-di-gesu-maria.

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Silverio di S. Teresa. “Alfonso di Gesù Maria.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 859. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-di-gesu-maria.

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@incollection{ec1_alfonso_di_gesu_maria,
  author    = {Silverio di S. Teresa},
  title     = {Alfonso di Gesù Maria},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {859},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-di-gesu-maria}
}

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